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Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles , she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space , after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982.
Sally Ride May 26, 1951 died Jul. 23, 2012 United States: First American woman in space. STS-7 (Jun. 18, 1983) STS-41-G (Oct. 5, 1984) 4 Judith Resnik Apr. 5, 1949 died Jan. 28, 1986 United States: Fourth woman in space, second American woman in space. First Jewish woman in space. Died in the Challenger disaster. STS-41-D (Aug. 30, 1984)
In 2001, Ride, O'Shaughnessy, and three like-minded friends—Karen Flammer, Terry McEntee, and Alann Lopes—founded Sally Ride Science with the goal of narrowing the gender gap in science. [ 19 ] From 2001 to 2015, O'Shaughnessy served as the company's Chief Creative Officer , overseeing all content—books, websites, and teacher training ...
Sally Ride accomplished multiple firsts when she entered orbit in 1983 at the age of 32, breaking barriers for female astronauts and women in science.. Following her death in 2012 at age 61, a new ...
Kristen Stewart is reaching for the stars: The Oscar nominee has signed on to play famed astronaut Sally Ride in an upcoming limited series chronicling the 1986 Challenger disaster, marking her ...
Kristen Stewart will play Sally Ride in The Challenger, a limited TV series based on Meredith Bagby’s 2022 book, The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed ...
Sally Ride Elementary School, Orange County Public Schools, Orange County, Florida, USA Sally Ride Space Telescope , a proposed name for what is now the NASA James Webb Space Telescope S.S. Sally Ride , a space ship, the Cygnus space capsule used on the 2022 CRS mission NG-18 cargo resupply to the International Space Station
Sally K. Ride, engineer, astrophysicist and first female American astronaut in space, flew on Challenger as part of missions STS-7 and STS-41-G. Later, she served on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Robert W. Rummel, Trans World Airlines executive and aviation consultant to NASA